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In our cycle of prayer for our community, during November 2019 we will be
offering prayers for all living or working in
Joanna Close, The Meadows, Breamore Road,
The Headlands, Salisbury Road, Crossways Close
and New Court
Requests for particular prayers can be made by telephoning Reverend Frank Gimson
on 01725 510326, emailing info@stlaurencedownton.co.uk or leaving a request on the prayer tree in church.
What's on
Goose Fair 2019
A very big
thank you
to everyone who helped in so many different ways to make the Goose Fair such a success again this year.
The church was filled with a wide range of wonderful crafts, jewellery, bygones, home-made and home-grown produce – there was something for everyone. There was a very interesting exhibition by several local village organisations, together with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, showing what they are each doing to support our community and environment.
There were also delicious refreshments, fun children’s games and the chance to win a raffle or tombola prize.
All was much appreciated and enjoyed by the many visitors to the Fair, and also raised much needed funds for the upkeep of our beautiful parish church.
Thank you one and all!
Downton Christmas Festival – St Laurence Church
14th and 15th December
Call for exhibitors
Downton Christmas Festival is calling for exhibitors to take part in this year’s event.
Local artists, crafters, businesses, charity and community groups are invited to display their seasonal creations across a two-day festival.
Entries will be displayed alongside music and choral performances, children’s activities and refreshments.
Organisers are looking for displays including:
• Decorated Christmas trees
• Festive floral arrangements
• Festive wreaths of plant or other materials
• Decorated small Christmas cakes
• Christmas crafts
If you would like the opportunity to get involved, promote your group or business and help raise money for St Laurence Church and Salisbury’s Trust for the Homeless, please get in touch by email DowntonChristmasFestival@outlook.com for more information and an entry form, or the form can be downloaded here.
Coffee and Company
Sadly we shall no longer be meeting for coffee on Monday mornings. Over the years we have been very pleased
to welcome regular attenders and occasional visitors, but as numbers have been falling for some time now
we have reluctantly decided to close.
We are grateful to those who have supported us for a long time.
St Laurence Church will continue to be open on a daily basis, in daylight hours, for anyone who wants to come and look round.
St Laurence Church is now on Facebook!
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Together with many others in our community,
we are looking for ways to support and
help refugees and migrants.
for suggestions of how we might do this.
FREE MONEY for St Laurence Trinity FUNders
Support St Laurence's Trinity FUNders every time you shop online, click the sign up button on the page Link to start fundraising for St Laurence's Trinity FUNders.
Help St Laurence's Trinity FUNders raise money, just by shopping online.
Latest total changes daily - Total as at
22.08.19 stands at £936.65
THANK YOU to all our supporters
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St Laurence Church supporting Local Charities
Our aim with this page is to Support Local Charities by promoting their events here - Free of Charge.
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